Sanctions against Russia over Ukraine - Commons Library Standard Note

An overview of the contents of the sanctions against Russia over Ukraine

The downing of the Malaysian Airlines flight increased tensions

The EU announced broad economic sanctions against Russia on 29 July 2014 including restrictions on some state-controlled Russian banks’ ability to borrow money in EU financial markets and an arms embargo

A ban on the export of technology to do with the extraction of oil from deep sea, Arctic and shale deposits was also announced